By contrast, a slow-starting Pliskova served two double faults in each of her first two service games, and did not find a winner until she was set point down after 19 minutes. Swiatek raced out of the blocks and never let up, striking 17 winners to only five unforced errors over the course of the match. A former champion in Rome in 2019 playing her third consecutive final here, a leg injury had forced Pliskova to retire trailing Halep 6-0, 2-1 last year. Swiatek had never before scored a double bagel win at pro level, though notably had defeated Pliskova's twin sister Kristyna 6-0, 6-1 to reach her first WTA final at Lugano 2019.įor Pliskova, it is just the second time in her career that she has failed to win a game in a completed match following her 6-0, 6-0 loss as a 17-year-old to Anna Korzeniak in the 2009 Latina-Nascosa ITF $10K quarterfinals. Anastasija SevastovaĢ021 Rome, Iga Swiatek d. Dominika CibulkovaĢ016 Bucharest, Simona Halep d. Olga PuchkovaĢ013 Sydney, Agnieszka Radwanska d. Today also marked the shortest completed WTA final since Istanbul 2009, when Vera Dushevina needed only 42 minutes to beat Lucie Hradecka 6-0, 6-1.Ģ006 Québec City, Marion Bartoli d. I did that so well that I didn't even know that it was 6-0." - Iga Swiatek on focusing so well that she blocked out the scoreline. "On the breaks, I was visualising that I'm starting that match from the beginning every time.
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